ATP Cup 2020: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic Agree to Play

The ATP Cup 2020 is set to take place in the run-up to the Australian Open 2020 from 3rd-12th of January with ATP announcing the top 18 countries in ATP Cup standings on Friday.

The first edition of the event will take place in Brisbane, Perth, and Sydney with 19 of the 24 teams already announced for the competition. 27 of the Top 30 players in the ATP rankings are confirmed to play at the Australian event.

In addition, the ‘Big Three’ – consisting of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic will also take part in the inaugural edition of the ATP Cup 2020. Along with the ‘Big Three’, every top 10 players are also committed to play the ATP Cup 2020 as announced by the ATP last night as they look to compete with the revamped Davis Cup.

Former world No.1, Andy Murray also helped Great Britain to qualify for the event after using his protected ranking of 2.

The top two players for each country qualified for the event are committed to playing. However, these players can be changed based on the Rankings at the second entry deadline on 13 November, when the remaining members  (up to an additional three players) will be added to the team.

The remaining five teams will also be declared on the 13th November, based on the rankings of their top singles players.

The group stages of the ATP Cup 2020 is scheduled to be hosted in Brisbane, Perth, and Sydney over six days. The final eight will then play in Sydney that will feature quarter-finals over two days, semi-finals and a final. Each tie will comprise of two singles and one doubles match.

Each Country will be drawn into one of six groups on Monday, 16 September, during a ceremony at the Sydney Opera House. However, the full schedule for all six days of group play will be available later in the day.

Here are the 19 countries qualified for the ATP Cup 2020 –

1) Serbia – Novak Djokovic and Dusan Lajovic 

2) Spain – Rafael Nadal and Roberto Bautista Agut

3) Switzerland – Roger Federer and Henri Laaksonen

4) Russia – Daniil Medvedev and Karen Khachanov 

5) Austria – Dominic Thiem and Dennis Novak

6) Germany – Alexander Zverev and Jan-Lennard Struff

7) Greece – Stefanos Tsitsipas and Michail Pervolarakis 

8) Japan – Kei Nishikori and Yoshihito Nishioka 

9) Italy – Fabio Fognini and Matteo Berrettini 

10) France – Gael Monfils and Benoit Paire 

11) Belgium – David Goffin and Steve Darcis 

12) Croatia – Borna Coric and Marin Cilic 

13) Argentina – Diego Schwartzman and Guido Pella

14) Georgia – Nikoloz Basilashvili and Aleksandre Metreveli

15) South Africa – Kevin Anderson and Lloyd Harris 

16) USA – John Isner and Taylor Fritz

17) Canada – Felix Auger-Aliassime and Milos Raonic 

18) Great Britain – Andy Murray and Kyle Edmund

WC) Australia – Nick Kyrgios and Alex De Minaur